Skirt and trouser hanger



J. C. YACOE SKIRT AND TROUSER HANGER Aug. 26, 1947.

Filed Dec. 8, 1944 Z MM Patented Aug. 26, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKIRT AND TROUSE'R HANGER J. Craig Yacoe, Wilmington, Del.

Application December 8, 1944, Serial No. 567,250

My invention relates to a hanger for garments, and particularly for skirts and trousers.

It is an object of my invention to provide a hanger adapted to efficiently hang skirts or trousers which will grip them firmly and hang them in such a manner that the garment will remain pressed.

A further object is to provide such a device which may be inexpensively and readily manufactured from a single piece of wire, and so arranged and combined as to provide a supporting suspension member and resilient jaws or main members for resiliently and tightly gripping the garment therebetween.

The above and other features, advantages and capabilities will become apparent from a detailed description of the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated one form of my invention, but the construction there shown is to be understood as illustrative only and not as defining the limits of my invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined Eirt and trouser hanger showing it resiliently supporting a skirt, the latter being shown in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a similar view with a portion of the suspension hook broken away showing the garment in the process of being positioned;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Figure 4 is a perspective View of a modified form of my combined skirt and trouser hanger; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view oi the modified form taken on the line 55 of Figure 4 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved combined skirt and trouserhanger in its preferred form is constructed from a single piece of resilient wire, such as iron or other suitable metal of substantial gauge, and in the main comprises a suspension supporting member lo, a LJ-shaped body member H and opposed resilient gripping jaws l2 and I3. The jaw members are integrally constructed and so shaped and formed as to provide a constant spring pressur toward each other to insure proper gripping of the garment therebetween. Preferably I also provide or incorporate in my device a spring latching member i l so formed and positioned as to engage the jaw I3 at a point intermediate its ends and exert a spring pressure on said jaw, which further causes it to resiliently presstowards the jaw l2 3 Claims. (01. 223-595) and further grip the garment between the two jaws.

Going more into detail as to the structure and method of manufacturing, I preferably utilize for the entire construction a single piece of wire of substantial gauge. The wire is first bent or formed ;to provide a single integral structure forming the 'U-shaped frame member H, the gripping jaws i2 and I3 and at the outer ends of said jaws integral spring members 15 so formed and arranged as to cause the jaws to be pressed toward each other under a resilient or spring action, one of the jaws l3 being formed to provide a catch l1 intermediate its ends and intermediate th side members of the U-shaped supporting frame l I. The wires are then near their free ends tightly and rigidly wound on each other at the zone l5. One wire extends upwardly from that zone and is formed into a relatively rigid arcuate suspension member It. The other free end of the wire is extended downwardly adjacent the wrapped zone, thence transversely of the frame ll adjacent the upper side, thence downwardly inwardly and upwardly in the form of a loop with the free end terminating at and fixed to the upper side of the U-shaped frame member This downwardly extending loop-shaped member is so shaped as to cooperate with the catch H on the jaw Iii and when in position to exert a constant resilient or spring pressure on the jaw l3 for superimposing thereon additional spring pressure to insure further grip on the garment between the jaws to the end that the garment is firmly held by the said jaws.

In using my device, the skirt or garment is fed to the hanger by passing the longitudinal edges of such garment first through the opening provided between the side members of the U-shaped frame H and thence longitudinally between the opposed gripping jaws l2 and I3.

From the foregoing description and drawings, it will readily be seen that I have provided an efficient and inexpensive hanger for either skirts or trousers which will grip the garment at all times firmly and one which can be readily and cheaply manufactured from a single piece of wire, and one which will hold the garment and overcome the objection of former hanger-s and will assure against a garment dropping from the hanger, which has been a serious objection to the wire hangers heretofore used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A trouser and skirt hanger constructed from a single piece of wire comprising in combination a suspension member, a rectangular-shaped frame member extending outwardly and downwardly from the suspension member and having an opening for the insertion of garments, opposed gripping members, spring members at each end for causing said gripping members to exert a spring grip on a garment maintained therebetween, a catch member on one of said gripping members intermediate its ends, and an intermediate spring member extending downwardly from the frame member and connecting with said catch member for exerting a spring pressure on one of said gripping members in a direction generally normal to the plane of the hanger, said spring members being formed continuously and integrally with and between said gripping members.

2. A trouser and skirt hanger constructed from a single piece of wire comprising in combination a suspension member, a rectangular-shaped frame member extending outwardly and downwardly from the suspension member and having an opening for the insertion of garments, opposed gripping members, spring members at each end for causing said gripping members to exert a spring grip on the garment maintained therebetween, and an intermediate spring member extending downwardly from the frame member and contacting one of said gripping members for exerting a, spring pressure thereon in a direction generally normal to the plane of the hanger, said spring members being formed continuously and integrally with and between said gripping members.

3. A trouser and skirt hanger constructed from a single piece of wire comprising in combination a suspension member, a frame member extending outwardly and downwardly from the suspension member and having an opening for the insertion of garments, opposed gripping members, spring members at each end for causing said gripping members to exert a spring grip on a garment maintained therebetween, a catch member on one of said gripping members intermediate its ends, and an intermediate spring member extending downwardly from the frame member and connecting with said catch member for exerting a spring pressure on one of said gripping members in a direction generally normal to the plane of the hanger, said spring members being formed continuously and integrally with and between said gripping members.

J. CRAIG YACOE.

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